ECOWAS Humanitarian Policy

ECOWAS Humanitarian Policy

Disaster
Policy
2012
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Year of publication
2012
Specific thematic area
Humanitarian Assistance
Sector of governance
Disaster
Type of human mobility
Displacement
Characteristics of human mobility
Not available
Type of environmental driver
Disaster-related events
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Type of provision related to human mobility in disaster and climate change contexts
DIRECT GENERAL - Four priority areas: conflict, natural disaster, human-made disaster, mixed-migration and refugee protection. It recognizes disasters as a cause of displacement.
Regional instruments Member countries
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
Sub-region
Western Africa
Region
Western Africa
Macro-region
Africa
Author/issuing body
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).